Kikuo Saito
10.09.–05.11.2022
Opening 09.09.

Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle and James Fuentes Gallery are pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by the Japanese-born American artist Kikuo Saito drawn from the artist’s estate.

Often overlooked in canonical art historical discourses during his lifetime, Saito’s work is rooted in the tradition of American Color Field painting after Helen Frankenthaler and Kenneth Noland as well as Lyrical Abstraction. Significantly informed by his personal experience with experimental theater and his own inter- and intracultural biography, Saito’s gestural works reflect the dialogic relationship between painting and the performative while exploring ways in which painting, similar to theater, can solidify action and emotion.

Parallel to this exhibition, the gallery is also opening a solo exhibition of work by Chinese artist Ma Ke.